This is our wonderfully ambitious schedule. We'll attempt to keep with it, but it is subject to change.
Date | Material | Readings (to be read by this class) |
Notices & Assignments Due |
4/1/08 | Administrivia [Lisa & Mark] |
Nothing - unless you already peeked at the web page |
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4/3/08 | Biases and Probability [Lisa] |
Jackendoff, 1994: [Chapters 1, 2, 3] |
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4/8/08 | Probability in Language [Kenny] |
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Discussion questions |
4/10/08 |
Inference [William] |
Discussion questions |
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4/15/08 | Inference [Matt] |
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Discussion questions |
4/17/08 |
Innateness & Specification [Kenny] |
Discussion questions |
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4/22/08 |
Poverty of the Stimulus & Formal Learnability [Erin] |
Discussion questions |
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4/24/08 |
Poverty of the Stimulus & Formal Learnability [Ray] |
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Discussion questions |
4/29/08 |
Linguistic Case Study: Syntax Learning [Lisa] |
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Discussion questions |
5/1/08 |
Linguistic Case Study: Syntax Learning [Pernille] |
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Discussion questions |
5/6/08 | Linguistic Case Study: Syntax Learning Models [Matt & Ray] |
Discussion questions |
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5/8/08 | Linguistic Case Study: Syntax Learning Models [William] |
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Discussion questions |
5/13/08 |
Linguistic Case Study: Word Segmentation Models [Erin] |
Discussion questions |
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5/15/08 |
Linguistic Case Study: Word Segmentation Models [Erin] |
Discussion questions |
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5/20/08 |
Word-Concept Mapping Models [Ray] |
Discussion questions |
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5/22/08 |
Word-Concept Mapping Models [Mark] |
Discussion questions |
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5/27/08 | Word-Concept Mapping Models [Pernille] |
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5/29/08 | Word-Concept Mapping Models [Matt] |
Discussion questions |
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6/3/08 | Concepts and Semantic Representation [William] |
Discussion questions |
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6/5/08 | Concepts and Semantic Representation [Kenny & Pernille] |
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Discussion questions |
6/12/08 | Final paper due | Final paper submitted by 4pm 6/12/08 |